[Ips-dsgr] SWS Daily Report - 03 October 16 issued 2335 UT on 03 Oct 2016 [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

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Tue Oct 4 10:35:15 EST 2016


SUBJ: SWS DAILY SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL REPORT
ISSUED AT 2330UT/03 OCTOBER 2016 BY Space Weather Services
FROM THE AUSTRALIAN SPACE FORECAST CENTRE
SUMMARY FOR 03 OCTOBER AND FORECAST FOR 04 OCTOBER - 06 OCTOBER
STATUS INDICATORS SOL:GREEN   MAG:GREEN     ION: GREEN
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity 03 Oct:  Very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number for 03 Oct:  88/32


1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             04 Oct             05 Oct             06 Oct
Activity     Very low           Very low           Very low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected
10.7cm/SSN    88/32              88/32              88/32

COMMENT: Solar activity was very low over the last 24 hours. 
No Earth-directed CMEs were observed. Solar activity is expected 
to remain very low over the next 3 days. The solar wind speed 
remains elevated at around 520 km/s. The IMF total strength is 
around 6 nT, while the Bz component has been varying +/-5 nT.

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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY

Geomagnetic field for Australian Region 03 Oct: Quiet to unsettled

Estimated Indices 03 Oct : A   K           
   Australian Region       6   22212222
      Cocos Island         7   22212231
      Darwin               7   22213222
      Townsville           9   23313222
      Learmonth            8   22213232
      Alice Springs        7   22203222
      Norfolk Island       5   22202221
      Gingin               8   22212332
      Camden               6   22212222
      Canberra             5   12202222
      Launceston           9   22313223
      Hobart               6   22212222    

Estimated Antarctic Regional K Indices 03 Oct :
      Macquarie Island    10   22313332
      Casey               18   54323332
      Mawson              33   34523564

Observed Regional daily pc3 Indices 03 Oct : 
      Darwin               0   (Quiet)
      Townsville           0   (Quiet)
      Learmonth            0   (Quiet)
      Alice Springs        0   (Quiet)
      Gingin              15   (Quiet)
      Canberra            17   (Quiet)
      Melbourne           NA

Pc3 pulsations are high frequency (10-45 second period) variations 
of the Earths magnetic field. Daily pc3-indices are the daily sum 
of 20 minute pc3-indices for that station and have been shown to be
well correlated with rejection of high resolution aeromagnetic
survey flight-line data. 

NOTE: Indices may have been generated from data obtained in 
cooperation with the following organisations: Geoscience Australia, 
University of Newcastle Space Physics Group, Australian Government 
Antarctic Division and International Center for Space Weather 
Science and Education, Japan.


Estimated AFr/Ap Indices 03 Oct : A 
           Fredericksburg        13
           Planetary             15                         

Observed AFr/Ap Indices 02 Oct :  A   K
           Fredericksburg        15
           Planetary             20   3332 4254


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST 
Date      Ap    Conditions
04 Oct    15    Unsettled to Active
05 Oct    10    Quiet to Unsettled
06 Oct     5    Quiet

COMMENT: Magnetic conditions across the Australian region were 
quiet to unsettled on 3-Oct. Some storm-level periods were observed 
in the Antarctic. Similar conditions are likely on 4-Oct, with 
a trend to quieter conditions in the Australian region over 5-6 
Oct.

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3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
03 Oct      Normal         Normal         Normal         

PCA Event : No event.

3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
	            Latitude Band
Date        Low            Middle         High 
04 Oct      Normal-fair    Normal-fair    Poor-fair
05 Oct      Normal         Normal         Fair-normal
06 Oct      Normal         Normal         Fair-normal

COMMENT: HF conditions are likely to improve gradually 
over the next 3 days.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY


Date   T index
03 Oct    10

Observed Australian Regional MUFs
   Cocos Island Region:
      Enhanced by 25% during local day.
      Depressed by 15% during local night.
   Northern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      Depressed by 15% during local night.
   Southern Australian Region:
      Depressed by 15% during local day.
      Depressed by 25% during local night.
   Antarctic Region (Casey/Scott Base/Davis/Mawson):
      Depressed by 15% over the UT day.

Monthly T index:
Month  T index
Sep      30
Oct      34
Nov      34

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
Date   T index  MUFs
04 Oct    15    Near predicted monthly values/depressed 10 to 
                15%
05 Oct    20    Near predicted monthly values
06 Oct    25    Near predicted monthly values

COMMENT: Mild to moderate MUF depressions were observed across 
the Australian region on 3-Oct. Support for HF communications 
is likely to improve gradually over the next 3 days.

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5. SPACE ENVIRONMENT SUMMARY

GOES satellite data for 02 Oct
       Daily Proton Fluence >1 MeV:   9.0E-06
       Daily Proton Fluence >10 MeV:  1.5E+04
       Daily Electron Fluence >2 MeV: 1.0E+09
Fluence (flux accumulation over 24hrs)/ cm2-ster-day.
       X-ray background: B1.1

ACE Satellite Solar Wind Day Averaged Data for 02 Oct
Speed: 518 km/sec  Density:    5.6 p/cc  Temp:   296000 K  Bz:  -1 nT

(Courtesy Space Weather Prediction Center, Boulder USA)
ACE data can be incorrect during strong proton events.
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